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There’s no oes down, he’ll do whatever necessary to take me with him "You want to play God, do it with one of the other six companies under our umbrella"

"That’s the difference between you and me," he says "You want to be God I, on the other hand, prefer the fires of hell"

"Until they burn you alive"

His jaw clenches, his eyes glinting with anger, and while weelse anymore, most especially this company

"Co his voice "You know you wanted that drug approved And noe have an inspector in our pocket We should be celebrating"

I turn to face my father "You asked me to stay and protect this company after I cleaned up your acy you’ll end up ill be jail, because I’ll leave I alk the fuck away and your little game will be over And when this explodes in your face, like the last hten, eyes sharpen, darken, and while ray, I refuse to ever let the," he says

"Which acy," I say with brutal honesty, because brutal is all he understands "I have everything to lose and that’s too o to jail for you"

His lips tryly "This company survived twenty years without your sense of ot on the Feds’ watch list with that trade deal that went south I covered that shit up despite everything I believe in" Anger and guilt burns through ht here once and for all" I glance at Derek "You’re stillto keep you out of jail"

"Whatever you have to tell yourself to look in the mirror, Shane"

I don’t justify the snide renite another attack, instead refocusing on my father "You knohat it takes to keeptoward the door, and the moment my hand closes on the knob, I hear my father speak "Brandon Pharmaceuticals is yours Derek will stand down"

I don’t turn, pausing only long enough to hear Derek’s low curse, nor do I stay for the argument certain to follow I exit to the exterior office, shutting the door behind , purposeful strides meant to lead me to a stiff drink I norenda that is derailed as I reach the hallway and reetsand sporting a sleek black dress that hugs her curves in a way no son would approve "Is your father in?" Her brows dip, her hand closing on my arm "You’re upset What happened?"

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly she reads what I know is not onthis isn’t the tiers, I say, "I have work I need to attend to"<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>